---
title: "“MrTonyScam” — Botnet of Facebook Users Launch High-Intent Messenger Phishing Attack on Business Accounts"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/mrtonyscam-botnet-of-facebook-users-launch-high-intent-messenger-phishing-attack-on-business-acc-coxoptgzs
source_url: https://medium.com/@guardiosecurity/mrtonyscam-botnet-of-facebook-users-launch-high-intent-messenger-phishing-attack-on-business-3182cfb12f4d?source=rss-6a038e71ff0f------2
type: article
source: "Guardio"
published: 2023-09-10T09:24:07.718Z
updated: 2023-09-10T09:24:05.736Z
tags: ["security", "cyber", "github", "facebook", "malware", "telegram", "browsers", "alibaba"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# “MrTonyScam” — Botnet of Facebook Users Launch High-Intent Messenger Phishing Attack on Business Accounts

**[Guardio](https://daily.dev/sources/guardio)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

‘MrTonyScam’ - Botnet of Facebook Users Launch High-Intent Messenger Phishing Attack on Business Accounts’s Messenger platform has been heavily abused in the past month. The attack flow is a combination of techniques, free/open platform abuse as well as numerous obfuscation and hiding methods.

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